TY - JOUR
T1 - The provision of work–life balance practices across welfare states and industries and their impact on extraordinary turnover
AU - Joecks, Jasmin
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study focusses on the provision of work–life balance practices across welfare states and industries and its effect on extraordinary turnover. Given the welfare states and the industry's differences, it is important to focus on extraordinary employee turnover defined as positive and negative deviations from the relevant means per year and by welfare state and industry. Based on a sample of 199 listed companies in these European welfare states from 2002 to 2011, the results showed that the provision of daycare services is higher in socially oriented welfare states (e.g., Sweden, Germany) or in low-technology industries (consumer services) than in liberally oriented welfare states (e.g., Italy, the United Kingdom) or in high-technology industries (e.g., IT). For the provision of daycare services, the findings support a decreasing effect on extraordinary employee turnover, whereas other practices such as flexible working, generous vacations and additional maternity leave have no effect.
AB - This study focusses on the provision of work–life balance practices across welfare states and industries and its effect on extraordinary turnover. Given the welfare states and the industry's differences, it is important to focus on extraordinary employee turnover defined as positive and negative deviations from the relevant means per year and by welfare state and industry. Based on a sample of 199 listed companies in these European welfare states from 2002 to 2011, the results showed that the provision of daycare services is higher in socially oriented welfare states (e.g., Sweden, Germany) or in low-technology industries (consumer services) than in liberally oriented welfare states (e.g., Italy, the United Kingdom) or in high-technology industries (e.g., IT). For the provision of daycare services, the findings support a decreasing effect on extraordinary employee turnover, whereas other practices such as flexible working, generous vacations and additional maternity leave have no effect.
KW - employee turnover
KW - industry
KW - welfare state
KW - work–life balance practices
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12728
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12728
M3 - Article
VL - 55
SP - 1325
EP - 1340
JO - Social Policy Administration
JF - Social Policy Administration
IS - 7
ER -